PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®) Certification Training
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Lesson 1: Course Introduction

• Course introduction
• Eligibility requirements
• Certification fees and renewal
• About our course

Lesson 2: Agile principles and mindset part 1

• Agile Principles and Mindset – Part One
• Introduction to Agile
• Agile Engineering Practices
• The Agile Manifesto
• Agile Manifesto Explained
• Principles of Agile Manifesto
• 0Applying the Principles of Agile Manifesto
• Agile Core Principles and Practices
• Benefits of Agile
• Project Life Cycle Characteristics
• Key Takeaways
• Knowledge Check

Lesson 3: Agile principles and mindset part 2 

• Agile Principles and Mindset – Part Two
• Agile Methodologies
• Agile Mindset
• Where to Apply Agile
• Meaning of Scrum
• Features of Scrum
• Three Pillars of Scrum
• Scrum Roles
• Key Terms of Scrum
• Scrum Meetings
• Scrum: An Empirical Process
• Extreme Programming
• Extreme Programming Practices – Part A
• Extreme Programming Practices – Part B
• Roles in Extreme Programming
• Process Diagram of XP
• Crystal Method
• Properties of Crystal Method
• Key Categories of Crystal Method – Part A
• Key Categories of Crystal Method – Part B
• Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
• Basic Principles of Atern
• Planning Philosophy in DSDM
• DSDM Techniques
• DSDM Phases
• Feature-Driven Development
• Agile Project Management
• Key Takeaways
• Knowledge Check

Lesson 4: Value-Driven Delivery

• Value-Driven Delivery – Part One
• Quantifying Customer Value
• Time Value of Money
• Time Value of Money: Example
• The Financial Feasibility of Projects
• Return on Investment ROI
• Net Present Value (NPV)
• Net Present Value (NPV): Example
• Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
• Payback Period
• Payback Period: Example
• Prioritization of Functional Requirements
• MoSCoW
• Kano Model
• Relative Weighting
• Prioritization of Non-Functional Requirements
• Risk Management in Agile
• 1Key Takeaways
• Knowledge Check

Lesson 5: Value-Driven Delivery part 2

• Value-Driven Delivery – Part Two
• Minimal Viable Product
• Project Planning Using MVP
• Agile Compliance
• Key Drivers of Agile Compliance
• Incremental Delivery
• Review and Feedback
• Earned Value Management
• Earned Value Metrics
• Earned Value Metrics: Example
• Agile Contracts: Components
• Agile Contracting Methods
• Fixed-Price or Fixed-Scope Contract
• Time and Materials (T and M) Contract
• T and M with Fixed Scope and Cost Ceiling
• T and M with Variable Scope and Cost Ceiling
• Bonus or Penalty Clauses
• Rolling Agile Contracts
• Terms Used in Agile Contracts
• Key Takeaways
• Knowledge check

Lesson 6: Stakeholder Engagement part 1

• Stakeholder Engagement – Part One00:43
• Stakeholder Management
• Project Charter
• Understanding Stakeholder Needs
• Agile Wireframes
• User Story
• Story Card Information
• Agile Personas
• Theme and Epic
• Agile Story Maps
• Community and Stakeholder Values
• Key Takeaways
• Knowledge Check

Lesson 7: Stakeholder engagement part 2

• Stakeholder Engagement – Part Two
• Community Management
• Communication and Knowledge Sharing
• Social Media Communication
• Information Radiators
• Burnup and Burndown Charts
• Kanban or Task Board
• Impediment Logs
• Characteristics of Information Radiators
• Agile Modeling
• Active Listening
• Key Elements of Active Listening
• Globalization Diversity and Cultural Sensitivity
• Cultural Diversity Issues: Recommendations
• Agile Facilitation Methods
• Agile Negotiation and Conflict Management
• Five Levels of Conflict
• Key Takeaways
• Knowledge Check

Lesson 8: Team performance part 1

• Team Performance – Part One
• Features and Composition of Agile Teams
• Stages of Agile Team Formation
• High-Performance Teams
• Generalizing Specialist
• Team Responsibility
• Self-Organization
• Key Takeaways
• Knowledge Check

Lesson 9: Team performance part 2

• Team Performance – Part Two
• Agile Leadership
• Best Practices of Agile Leadership
• Management vs Leadership
• Servant Leadership
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Agile Coaching
• Agile Emotional Intelligence
• Team Motivation
• Maslow’s Theory
• Frederick Herzberg’s Theory
• McClelland’s Theory
• Boehm’s Theory
• Team Space
• Co-Located Teams
• Distributed Teams
• Co-Located vs. Distributed Teams
• Osmotic Communication
• Team Collaboration and Coordination
• Collaboration Technology
• Communication Gap-Example One
• Communication Gap-Example Two
• 2Brainstorming Sessions
• Team Velocity
• Velocity-Example One
• Velocity-Example Two
• Sample Velocity Chart
• Agile Tools
• Key Takeaways
• Knowledge Check

Lesson 10: Adaptive planning part 1

• Adaptive Planning – Part One
• Planning Philosophy
• Aligning Agile Projects
• Rolling Wave Planning
• Timeboxing
• Best Practices of Timeboxing
• Advantages of Timeboxing
• Agile Estimation
• Story Points
• Assigning Story Points
• Story Points Estimation
• Story Points Estimation Scale: Example
• Value Points
• Ideal Days
• Story Points vs. Ideal Days
• Wideband Delphi Technique
• Planning Poker
• Planning Poker: Example
• Affinity Estimation
• Key Takeaways
• Knowledge Check

Lesson 11: Adaptive planning part 2

• Adaptive Planning – Part Two
• Project Size Estimation
• Release Plan
• Release Plan: Example
• Iteration Plan
• Types of Iteration Planning
• Iteration Lifecycle: Example
• Release Plan vs. Iteration Plan
• Agile Product Roadmap
• Backlog Refinement – Part Two
• Value-Based Analysis and Decomposition
• Agile Cone of Uncertainty
• Velocity Variations
• Sprint Reviews
• Sprint Retrospectives
• Mid-Course Corrections
• Key Takeaways
• Knowledge Check

Lesson 12: Problem Detection and Resolution part 1

• Problem Detection and Resolution – Part One
• Agile Problem Detection
• Problem Detection Techniques
• Fishbone Diagram
• Five Whys Technique
• Control Charts
• Lead Time and Cycle Time
• Kanban
• Kanban Process
• Example of Kanban Board
• Work In Progress
• Managing Constraints
• Little’s Law
• Escaped Defects
• Agile Problem Solving
• Key Takeaways
• Knowledge Check

Lesson 13: Problem Detection and Resolution part 2

• Adaptive Planning
• Metrics and Measures
• Benefits of Metrics
• Examples of Metrics
• Baseline Metrics
• Variance and Trend Analysis
• Risk Management Life Cycle
• Step One-Risk Identification
• Step Two-Risk Assessment
• Step Three-Risk Response Strategies
• Step Four-Risk Review
• Risk Log
• Risk Burndown Chart
• Risk Profile Graph
• Spike
• Agile Failure Modes
• Agile Coach Failure Modes
• Troubleshooting Guidelines
• Key Takeaways
• Knowledge Check

Lesson 14: Continuous improvement

• Continuous Improvement – Part One
• Kaizen
• Kaizen in Agile
• Lean
• Defining Waste Manufacturing and Software Development
• A Five-Step Process to Becoming Lean
• Value Stream Mapping
• Agile Retrospectives
• Cargo Smells
• Conducting a Retrospective
• Brainstorming Techniques
• Process Analysis Techniques
• Agile Process Tailoring
• Project Factors That Influence Tailoring
• Key Takeaways
• Knowledge Check

Lesson 15: Continuous improvement part 2

• Continuous Improvement – Part Two
• Quality in Agile
• Best Practices for Quality in Agile
• Best Practice One-Verification and Validation
• Best Practice Two-Exploratory Testing
• Best Practice Three-Usability Testing
• Best Practice Four-Test-Driven Development
• Test-Driven Development Advantages
• Acceptance Test-Driven Development Cycle (ATDD)
• Best Practice Five: Continuous Integration
• Best Practice Six: Definition of Done
• Testing Pyramid and Quadrant
• Checklist for Story Completion
• Agile Flowchart
• Agile Spaghetti Diagram
• Organizational Self Assessment
• Key Takeaways
• Knowledge Check